Mitsu Ito Interview Segment 16

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Raising two sons in Toronto

This interview was conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

00:03:12 — Segment 16 of 19

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March 23, 2005

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Mitsu Ito

Mitsu Ito Interview

01:15:44 — 19 segments

March 23, 2005

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Nisei male. Born August 20, 1924, in Mission, British Columbia, Canada. Grew up in Mission, attending school and helping on family farm. Left home to work several jobs, including in a sawmill and on a sugar beet farm. After World War II, moved to Japan, worked as an interpreter for the British Army, and got married. Moved to Toronto, Canada, in the 1950s and raised two sons. In later life, active in Toronto's Japanese Canadian community, and was involved with charitable foundations.

(This interview was conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.)

Mary Ito, interviewer; Tak Yano, videographer

Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre Collection

Courtesy of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre

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